German journalist held at Istanbul airport

Authorities at Istanbul airport detained a German journalist heading to interview refugees on the Syria-Turkey border Tuesday, according to the correspondent’s employer, public broadcaster Südwestrundfunk (SWR).

“Last stop, Istanbul,” the reporter, Volker Schwenck, tweeted. “Entry into Turkey not permitted. There is a notification with my name. I’m a journalist. Is there a problem?”

Schwenck tweeted a photo of the notification, written in Turkish and English, with the words “Entry Ban” visible in English.

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Turkey is really a great partner. It takes our journalists, it shuts down its newspapers, it suits our comedians, it sends us Pakistanis as refugees, it bombs Kurds in Syria and helps ISIL. What more do we need? How about truth?!